Playback Features
To review previously taken pictures, simply press the Review button. By default, images are displayed one at a time, but you can view them as thumbnails by pressing the down arrow button. To move to different pictures, you must press the left/right arrow buttons. To delete an image or video, press the Delete button. A confirmation screen will appear with the following options: Picture/Video, Exit, or All. Thumbnail view |
 Image regular view |
 Image magnified 4x |
By pressing the OK button, you can magnify images up to 4x. Each press of the OK button has the following effect: 2x, 4x, original state. By pressing the Menu button, there are some additional options available:
| Playback Menu | |
| Magnify | Magnify/Play Video |
| Share | Cancel Prints, Print All, Print, E-mail, Favorite |
| Protect | On, Off |
| Image Storage | Auto, Internal Memory |
| Album | Select |
| Slide Show | Begin Show, Interval (5 - 60 sec.), Loop (On, Off), Exit |
| Copy | Picture, All, Exit |
| Video Date Display | Select |
| Multi-Up | OK |
| Picture Info | OK |
| Setup Menu | Enter |
Picture Info
The "Magnify/Play Video" option can also be accomplished by simply pressing the center of the multi-directional controller. By selecting the "Share" option, the camera displays a list of ways that you can tag images. You can tag pictures as favorites, to print, or to email. This information is used later when viewing the pictures with the included software. The "Slide Show" option will cycle through your images with an interval of 5 - 60 seconds. You also have the option of looping the show. The Copy function enables you to copy images from a memory card to the internal memory or vice versa. The "Video Date Display" simply changes the way that the date appears with video clips. "Multi-up" shows images as thumbnails. The same thing can be accomplished by pressing the down arrow button while viewing a picture/video. The "Picture Info" option displays a screen with the following information: filename, directory, date, time, and picture quality. The "Setup Menu" option brings up the same menu as in record mode.
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Jeff7181 - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link
Nice article... would have been nice to see it BEFORE the holidays though ;)stephencaston - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link
#4,Unfortunately, when it comes to digital cameras, it is impossible to cover every camera at a specific price point. We had to make choices when picking which cameras to use and ended up choosing three cameras at $150 with very similar features to make the comparisons more relevant.
I did not mean to imply that this article will determine the best camera at $150. The article was meant to compare these three cameras to each other. I have amended the title accordingly to reflect this.
We always encourage people to do as much research as possible before buying a camera. There are so many different things to consider when reviewing digital cameras and each review site focuses on different areas.
PrinceGaz - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link
I'd take the Minolta DiMAGE X31 over any of the cameras reviewed any day; it's a lot more compact than them which is what many people desire when out and about, is reported to give a good picture for it's price and size, has lots of features, and at $150 is just as cheap as them. My DiMAGE X20 is a lovely little camera that does everything you could ask of it, and from what I've read the X31 makes a good thing better.I will reiterate a point I made when digicam reviews first appeared on AT, which is that unless you can review *every* model in depth to find which is the best in that category, then you are doing a dis-service to your readers by potentially not even looking at what might be the best camera in that range.
Specialist digicam websites review all cameras so that they can give an informed opinion on any new models, even if that means buying one themselves like AT might do for a computer product that free review samples weren't available for. What AT is doing with digicam reviews is just picking two or three models out of the many available and saying one of them is the best, when better ones you didn't even look at are available. AT does excellent reviews of computer components, but I'm afraid you'd have to be a fool to only use your recommendations when buying a digicam.
orenb - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link
The best digital camera at this price point is the Ricoh Caplio RX. 28-100mm zoom. Metal body. Almost no shutter lag. These three don't even come close.Prog.
Joony - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link
The Canon A400 should be in this review...cosmotic - Thursday, December 30, 2004 - link
Again, Kodak EasyShare is turned into an ad link and blends into the background of the table cell.